CES 2013: The Next Generation of Smart Appliances

Coming soon to a home near you, plants that text and remote keys to your home, Kelli Grant reports on digits from CES. Photo: Kobachi.

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... I ... welcome to Digits I'm Ralf Winkler ... we have some breaking news to share with you right off the top of the show there has been a school shooting ... at a San Joaquin Valley high school in California ... according to the AP one student ... was shot ... the ... victim's condition he's been taken to hospital the victim's condition is unknown ... the suspect is in custody for more on that story be sure to stay with WS J live ... through the day ... well here on digits this week we've been at CES consumer Electronics show in Vegas and we've got a lot more for e coming up rate now for stock with Kelli Grant ... whose gets the inside skillful in some great new home gadgets Kelli thank so much for joining us ... I ... mean they ... are right so I wanna start off talking about ... simply stinky this is this is one that ... 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